Mary Had a Great Swing

The term “caddie” originated with Mary, Queen of Scots. As a young girl, Mary went to France for school (and survival). Louis, the King of France, found out that she loved the Scottish game “golf,” so he had the first golf course outside of Scotland built for her to use. Of course, Mary required a proper chaperone while she played, so King Louis hired young cadets from a nearby military school. As you can imagine, As you might guess, Mary enjoyed the company of these young ‘cadets’ a great deal and when she returned to Scotland, she continued the practice. In French, the word cadet is pronounced ‘ca-day’ and the Scots changed it into “caddie.”

Steve Jobs

“Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

Spring is a Time for Renewal

One of the oldest calendars known to recorded history, the Solar Hijri is the answer to our timely question this past Monday. Nowruz (sometimes spelled Noruz).The calendar’s new year’s day always falls on the vernal (March) equinox.

Lewis Carroll

“If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics – it does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, so long as there is enough of them.”

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Social Media: Celebrities & Paid Endorsements

On Thursday, April 6, 2017, I had the privilege of participating and presenting, together with a panel of distinguished lawyers, on the subject of the legal issues, implications, challenges and opportunities resulting from the use of celebrities in social media to provide endorsements for products and services.  My partner, John Isaza, who heads the Records and Information Governance practice at Rimon Law, chaired the session sponsored by the Cyberlaw Committee.  The program was held in New Orleans as part of the ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting and the other presenters and panelists were Adam Nadelhaft, a senior litigation associate in the Washington office of Winston & Strawn LLP and Valerie Surgenor, a partner in the Glasgow, Scotland, law firm MacRoberts LLP.

In addition to my presentation on the use of celebrities in social media for endorsements, marketing and promotional purposes, Adam reviewed the law relating to paid endorsements and ‘buying buzz’ on social media, whilst Valerie focused on the similarities and differences in approach taken by UK and EU law.

You can view and download a personal copy of the presentation in PDF form right here “2017.04.06 Keys to Celebrity & Paid Endorsements in Social Media – Presentation at ABA Spring Meeting.

As always, if you have questions or want more information, feel free to contact me, Joe Rosenbaum, at Rimon Law.

 

 

Need a Date?

Which calendar has six months with 31 days, the next five months with 30 days and the last month 29 days, except for leap years when the last month has 30 days?

You Are My Type

Our last trivia question (UBCF for those loyal readers) asked you to tell us the longest English word that can be made typing on a single row of the standard typewriter keyboard?

The answer?

Why, typewriter, of course!

Groucho Marx

“From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”

This Word Might Cause a Row

What is the longest word in the English language that can be made using the letters on only a single row of the standard English alphabet keyboard?